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Coronavirus update: India records 31,787 Covid-19 cases, death toll rises to 1,008. State-wise tally

News Source Live mint

1. Currently, there are 22,982 active Covid-19 patients in the country, while 7,796 people have been discharged or cured
2. Maharashtra continued to be the most affected state with a total number of positive coronavirus cases at 9,318 while the death stands at 400

Plasma therapy not approved 

News Source hindustan Times

“There is no approved therapy for Covid-19 in the country including Plasma therapy. Plasma therapy is being experimented with and there is no evidence to support it as a treatment. It is only at an experimental stage. If not used properly, it can create life-threatening complications,” said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary health ministry.

The health ministry official said that the country’s top medical research body was conducting a study to find out the efficacy of plasma therapy and till then, doctors are advised to use it only for trial purposes.

“Plasma therapy is only to be used for research and trial purposes until an ICMR study on its efficacy is completed. ICMR is conducting a nation-wide research to study the efficacy of Plasma therapy,” he added.

India green-lights UAE, Kuwait request for ex-military doctors, nurses

News Source hindustan Times

Kuwait was the first one to seek Indian medical assistance earlier this month when Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah called Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian Air Force had then flown a 15-member military rapid response team.

As this team was wrapping up - it returned on Monday - New Delhi received the request for more medical teams. “They were very impressed with the rapid response team,” an official said.

Other Gulf countries have also sounded out New Delhi that they would need Indian medical assistance and are expected to send formal requests shortly.

In response to these requests, the top official said, “an in-principle decision has been taken to allow retired military doctors, nurses and technicians to travel to UAE and Kuwait to begin with”.

Coronavirus live updates: Covid hotspots in India down to 129 from 170 in a fortnight

News Source TOI

Global confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 3 million on Monday, as the US neared the 1-million mark. Meanwhile, India's Covid-19 tally has risen to 31,787 cases. 1,008 patients have died so far due to the disease in India, according to health ministry

Home Ministry allows inter-State movement of stranded migrant workers, tourists

News Source The Hindu

Punjab has become the first state to extend the lockdown beyond May 3. The State has announced some relaxation in the non-red zones as well. In Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said industries would be allowed to operate in the non-red zones.

2 deaths in Tamil Nadu

News Source The Hindu

Tamil Nadu reported two deaths on Wednesday, with 104 persons testing positive for COVID-19. Total tally of positive cases is 2162, and 82 have been discharged

Number of COVID-19 hotspot districts decreases to 129 from 170 in a fortnight

News Source The Hindu

The number of corona virus (COVID-19) hot spot districts in India as on Wednesday morning has come down to 129 from 170 a fortnight ago, but in the same period the number of infection-free districts or green zones too decreased from 325 to 307, according to official sources.

29 fresh COVID-19 cases in Rajasthan, total stands at 2,393

News Source The Hindu

Rajasthan recorded 29 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 2,393 in the state, an official said.

The state has so far witnessed 52 deaths due to the virus, with Jaipur accounting for 27 deaths.

Coronavirus: Restarting early can boost India’s role in global economy

News Source India Today

India is well-positioned to step in as an alternative global manufacturing hub for the world, given its emergence as a credible economy and the support it has provided to the global community during the pandemic. Will we step up? 

The IMF World Economic Outlook growth projections present a grim reality in terms of the annual percentage change in the real GDP. The Eurozone leading the projected de-growth estimates in the year 2020 at minus 7.5 per cent and modest projected growth of 4.7 per cent next year, assuming that global recovery starts in the second half of the year 2020.

Coronavirus vaccine: Indian manufacturers join WHO meet in 'powerhouse' S-E Asia region

News Source India Today

Indian vaccine makers were part of a WHO-organised virtual meeting of manufacturers and national regulators from the South-East Asia region, seen by the UN body as having "the quality and scale required to produce and roll-out a Covid-19 vaccine globally".

 the world waits for a Covid-19 vaccine, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has organised a meeting of vaccine makers and national regulators in the South-East Asia region.

The region is a "vaccine manufacturing powerhouse" with "the quality and scale required to produce and roll-out a Covid-19 vaccine globally", said Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the regional director of WHO South-East Asia.

"It must now also play a lead role in overcoming the ongoing pandemic," she said.

Countries like China and US are spearheading the global vaccine initiative, but South-East Asian nations aren't far behind.

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